Milestones, Aug. 3, 1959

Divorced. Billy Rose, 59, millionaire showman; by Joyce Mathews, 39,
blonde sometime TV actress who once (1951) dabbed at her wrists with a
razor blade because Billy would not marry her; he for the third time,
she for the fourth.

Died. Douglas McKay, 66, lifetime Oregon Republican politician who
became President Eisenhower's first (1953-56) Secretary of the
Interior; of a heart ailment; in Salem, Ore. From a humble beginning,
spare, jaunty McKay built up a political career along with a thriving
Chevrolet agency, rose from state senator to Governor (1949-53). Wary
of big...